Hey Friend,
So, you’re not going to believe this but having done my detox (and lost some pounds, I might add) I’ve now turned into you and can’t stop thinking about ice cream… I suppose on the up side – I’m doing a lot of thinking about ice cream and not a lot of eating of it.
Mr E has a love of a certain brand of ice cream and always keeps a tub (or three) in the freezer. If they’re on special offer then he’d be willing to throw out the lamb mince to make space for several more tubs. He’s very protective of his ice cream and the rest of us can eat it at our peril. But – he will happily help himself to a rocket lolly or two that he supposedly bought for the girls (yeah, I’m not sure how that’s fair either)…
The other day, I got back early with the girls and I swear the ice cream van was taunting me whilst I was making dinner – I could hear the music going for around 10 minutes, I’m sure! Then all I could think about for the rest of the night was ice cream but I had nothing. I resorted to doing squats to take my mind off of it – no, it didn’t work, (unsurprisingly).
I did have a choc ice in the freezer but imagine my surprise at the weekend when I managed to drag myself off my sick-bed for a few minutes only to find Older Miss tucking into it! I promptly went back to bed as I didn’t have the strength to snatch it out of her hand. The joke of it is I thought I’d hidden it really well but I underestimated the determination of the small people when they want something. To be fair, these are the same small people who, when asked to go and get something, stand in the middle of the room for ten seconds and say “I can’t find it!” – so I think I was justified in thinking my ice lolly would never be found.
Oh well, lesson learned – I have now followed your sage advice and have ’emergency’ ice cream in the freezer and seeing as I can’t stop them looking for it, the clan have been instructed not to touch my things… I feel like I am one step away from living as if I’m in a flat share and writing my name on my food – which would be everything as I do the shopping…
I think I’ll go and put a post-it with my name on it on Mr E’s ice cream and see what he does 🙂
This really is a lot of ice cream talk for someone who has just done a detox, isn’t it?!
2022 Update:
I hardly eat ice cream at all these days. Mr E however, is still keeping a certain Danish named brand of ice cream in business…
Take care x
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